New York A 2265: Directs the commissioner of education to establish an online learning committee to make recommendations for establishment of a statewide online and blended learning program

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A02265 Summary:

BILL NOA02265 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGandolfo

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COSPNSRDurso, Gallahan, Jensen, Slater, Brown K, Lemondes, DeStefano, Tague, Ra, DiPietro, Brook-Krasny,
 Giglio, Brabenec, Smith, Miller, Bologna, Simpson, Norber, Brown E, Smullen

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Amd §390, Soc Serv L

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Relates to the establishment of a waiver for child care learning pods; provides that unlicensed and unregulated child care learning pods may operate if there are otherwise no violations of laws or codes, rules, and regulations of New York and such child care learning pod is compliant with the local laws, codes, rules, and regulations of such local municipality in which they are located and operated; provides for civil penalty for violations.

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BILL NOA02265 

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01/16/2025referred to children and families

01/07/2026referred to children and families

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2265

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 16, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. GANDOLFO, DURSO, GALLAHAN, JENSEN, SLATER,
 K. BROWN, LEMONDES, DeSTEFANO, TAGUE, RA, DiPIETRO, BROOK-KRASNY,
 GIGLIO, BRABENEC, SMITH, MILLER -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the establish-
 ment of a waiver for child care learning pods

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 390 of the social services law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
 3 (h) (i) "Child care learning pod" shall mean an unlicensed and unregu-
 4 lated child care provider outside of the regulation of this article or
 5 title eighteen of the New York codes, rules and regulations, that
 6 provides child care or educational services to at least three, but no
 7 more than six children between the ages of zero-years-old and seven-
 8 teen-years-old who: (1) are not residents at such home in which such
 9 child care learning pod is located and operated and (2) are not related
 10 to any person residing at such home in which a child care learning pod
 11 is located and operated. Such operator of a child care learning pod
 12 shall be at least eighteen years of age.
 13 (ii) Any child care learning pod operating as an unlicensed and unreg-
 14 ulated child care learning pod outside of the regulation of this article
 15 or title eighteen of the New York codes, rules and regulations, may
 16 operate if there are otherwise no violations of laws, codes, rules, and
 17 regulations of the state of New York and such child care learning pod is
 18 compliant pursuant to the local laws, codes, rules, and regulations of
 19 such local municipality in which it is located and operated.
 20 (iii) Any home providing child day care as a child care learning pod
 21 shall have a waiver signed by such operator of such child care learning
 22 pod and such parent or guardian of each child at such child care learn-
 23 ing pod submitted to the office of children and family services, on an

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 1 annual basis, for as long as such child attends a child care learning
 2 pod. The office of children and family services shall be responsible for
 3 establishing a uniform waiver to be used which shall include but is not
 4 limited to the following:
 5 (1) the name and age of such operator of such child care learning pod;
 6 (2) the location of such child care learning pod;
 7 (3) the days and hours such child care learning pod shall be in use;
 8 (4) the name and age of any person who shall provide paid or unpaid
 9 child care or educational services to children at such location of such
 10 child care learning pod;
 11 (5) the name of all adults and children residents at such location of
 12 such child care learning pod;
 13 (6) the name of such parent or guardian of such child who shall attend
 14 such child care learning pod;
 15